Guest Post: Easy Every day Makeup Look

This is my first ever makeup blog, so I am extremely excited to post this. The look I will be sharing is an "Easy Every day Makeup". Lets get started.

First up: The Rules of Makeup

• Always apply makeup on a clean, moisturized face
• Great skin is the secret to flawless makeup look
• Do not copy any ones makeup look straight away. Customize it according to your skin tone and features

Easy Every day Makeup I used the following products for this look:

Oops! I forgot my mascara (hehehe). Base: Since the humidity levels are quite in Karachi, I avoid using foundation (liquid or stick) because it makes my skin oily and sweaty, so I only use it for evening makeup. I used DMGM's face powder in Even Beige shade. It gives a really nice coverage to skin and make it appear bright and smooth.

Eyes: For eyes I used Loreal Wear Infinite, Studio Secrets in 508 Summer Dusk.

Its a quad eyeshadow palette in nudes. The shades have numbers on them to guide you what to apply first. Its got a guide at the rear to instruct you about applying eye shades. If you have troubles in defining your eyes, this can really help you.   To finish off the look, I used Loreal Infallible EyeLiner to define my eyes. I already have thick lashes so I often skip mascara. However, you may apply mascara to achieve long lashes.Blush: I used DMGM Luminous Touch Cheek Blush in Bronze Pink. It blends very well on skin and gives it a golden pink shine. I absolutely love this blush because I can wear it in day as well as night.Its a perfect blush/bronzer combo.

Lips: 

I used Golden Rose Perfect Shine Lipstick Shade 206. You may find its review here. I love its light pink shine with gives a soft/romantic look to face. Always use soft colors on lips in day time. 

Complete look: Here you go. I am ready and all decked up!!

This Post is written by Ruqaiya from www.ruqaiyakhan.com. Don't forget to check out her blog :)

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Guest Post: How To Take Care of Lips

Lip care is so important year round and not many people know how important it really is. I love having soft and smooth lips and here is how to achieve it! 

1. Exfoliate your lips once a week- Exfoliating is super important because it gets all of the dead skin off of your lips. You can buy these at places like Lush and Bath and Body Works. You can also make your own with brown sugar, white sugar, and olive oil.

2. Moisturize after exfoliating- This seems like a no brainer but after you exfoliate your skin is dry so it is essential to moisturize with a good chapstick or lip balm. My favorite is plain old carmex or nivea kiss of smoothness.

3. When you go in the sun use SPF- You use sunscreen on your body so why not use it on your lips? It is important to have a lip balm with SPF because the oil in the lip balm will burn your lips so you need some SPF to counteract the oil.

Follow these rules and you will be on your way to having soft kissable lips soon! Hopefully you learned something new and be sure to check out my blog at http://bloomwithbeauty.blogspot.com/! 

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Review: Sigma Eye shadow Palette In Bare

The Sigma Beauty BARE  palette is a must for everyday use. Ideal to create classic neutral looks, BARE is perfect for accentuating your best features without too much color distraction. Highlight inner corners, emphasize your crease, brighten your brow bone and enhance your lash line. With BARE's color selection, you can easily create day and night looks seamlessly and as subtle or as bold as you wish. BARE is perfect for a natural yet improved you! Includes Sigma Beauty's best-selling E30 and E25 in a unique dual-ended brush. Contains matte and satin formulations.

Brushes in this palette: 

Pencil - E30 - Precise application of color on the crease, outer corner, and upper and lower lash line. Also ideal to smudge out pencil liner. Natural bristles.

Blending - E25 - Oval-shaped brush with gently chiseled sides. Blends and softens the look of powder or cream shadows. Ideal to apply eye shadow primer, base eye shadow colors, and blend harsh lines.

My Opinion:

This palette has got 8 very neutral and wearable eye shadows. I love the combinations they made in this palette because they have included a great mix of matte, satin, shimmer and sparkle finishes. The quality of these eye shadows is good, they have got descent color pay off and when i swatched these eye shadows i noticed they feel really smooth and finely milled and they aren't chalky either. It features dual ended brush which are just okay, i never liked the sigma's pencil brush and the fluffy E25 is just okay as well and i know one thing for sure its definitely not similar to MAC 217 because like the E30 it also lacks the stiffness that MAC brushes have, but if you are on vacation or something they will come dead handy. 

The only problem i have with these eye shadows is there staying power, they don't crease or anything but you need a good primer or base to make them stay all day otherwise without a primer or base they will fade away really quickly. 

Swatches:

Overall Thoughts:

If you are looking for a good basic everyday neutral eye shadow palette i would recommend you to definitely give it a try but if you have a lot of neutral eye shadow palettes already then just skip it. And about the other two palettes i can't say anything because i haven't tried them but Flare looks like a great choice if you are looking for a bright colorful one.

Ratings:

Texture:★★★★★

Pigmentation:★★★★☆

Packaging:★★★★☆

Application:★★★★★

Staying Power:★★★☆☆

Affordability: ★★★★☆

Overall Rating: ★★★☆☆

Availability:

Bare palette is available at Sigmabeauty.com and retails for $35.00

So has anyone tried any eye shadow palette from Sigma? I hope my review was helpful! Don't forget to leave your comments below :)

XOXO

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Anastasia Beauty Express Brow Kit

Few Days ago i was contacted by Anastasia of Beverly hills PR team asking if i would like to try & review some of there products and i said yes immediately! I have always heard great things about this brand but never got a chance to try them because i thought they were only sold at sephora but recently i also found out that the anastasia.net offers worldwide shipment!

 Anyway here is a video i was given to share with my blog readers, make sure you watch it because she showed some really good techniques and a great demonstration of there famous brow kit.

"Beauty Express" brow-kit instructional video from Anastasia Beverly Hills on Vimeo.

Here are some Get the Look Pictures.

Also there is a giveaway for Anastasia's products on its way so keep your eyes peeled to my blog ;)

XOXO

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Rouge Bunny Rouge Giveaway

Hey everyone

I have really exciting news to share with you today. I love rouge bunny rouge products a lot and i know they are on a bit expensive side and honestly not everyone can afford to spend so much on makeup! luckily Rouge bunny rouge has generously sponsored a prize pack for my blog followers! 

The package was sent to me and i'll have to ship it to the winner. Here is what the package contains:

*One Endless Miracles Mascara in Onyx

* One Eye Gloss in Angel's Play

* One Loose Glitter Pigment in Wishing for wings.

Total retail value of the package is £ 76.00. 

Rules:

- Must be a follower of my blog via Google Friend Connect.

- Fill out the form given below ONCE

-Contest is open Worldwide.

- Winner will be chosen at random.org

Giveaway will end on 1st Of October.

Optional Entries:

- +1 Entry for the lovely people who stop by my blog and comment on my blog posts frequently

- + 6 Entries if you “Like” Rouge Bunny Rouge and Madihas Makeup Blog

-  +3 Entries If you follow @diya7687 and tweet about this giveaway.

-  +5 Entries if you link this giveaway in your sidebar

+10 Entries if you do a whole post about this giveaway.

So that's all for now! Good luck Everyone!!

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Review: 100% Pure Cosmetics

About the Brand:

100% Pure are the first and only cosmetics colored from antioxidant rich fruit and vegetable pigments. While other color cosmetics are colored with either synthetic dyes or minerals, only 100% Pure Cosmetics are colored with fruit and vegetable pigments (patents pending)! All the antioxidants and vitamins are in the pigments, so you will be applying all the healthy nutrients of the fruits directly on your skin.

 Fruit Pigment Lip & Cheek Stain:

Description From The Website:

100% Natural formula was designed to be used as a cream blush and a lip tint. Pure fruit pigments in a base of skin and lip softening and moisturizing shea and cocoa butters. Highly concentrated with anti-aging vitamins and antioxidants

My Opinion:

I am a huge fan of natural products whether its skin care, hair care or makeup products. And also i am a sucker for cream blushers and i have always loved my cream blushes more then the powder ones because i think they look a lot more natural, These blushes are really nice quality, they give such a natural and dewy glow to my cheeks and as a bonus these are really good for my skin as well because they are packed with all natual antioxidants. The staying power is also great which is a bit hard to find when it comes to cream blushes! I have normal to combination skin and i did't had any problem of getting oily cheeks or clogged pores or breakouts .

On my lips its not as moisturizing as a lipstick but they are not so much drying either, just make sure your lips are properly moisturized before applying this to your lips.

FRUIT PIGMENTED TAHITI SATIN EYE SHADOW:

Description From The Website:

One of our Island Inspired creamy eye shadows that will make your eyes sparkle! Smooth and velvety eye shadows leave your eyelids soft, moisturized and nourished with vitamins, antioxidants and other nutrients that are good

for your skin. 100% Natural formula is free of chemical preservatives, artificial fragrances, synthetic chemicals and are colored with the pigments from antioxidant rich fruits and vegetables.

 My Opinion:

Tahiti is a really pretty shimmery champagne color and it looks quite similar to MAC's bare study paint pot and i adore MAC paint pots in fact i love cream eye shadows! And this particular one is quite unique product because it is also said to be made from fruit and vegetable pigments. It looks great if applied alone or as a base for powder eye shadows. I didn't had any problem of creasing with these. The staying power is pretty descent, they are not as long lasting as a MAC paint pot but they can stay in place for all day if applied over a primer.

Swatches:

Overall Thoughts:

I think the concept of this brand is quite unique and the products have really nice quality so these are are really worth trying.

Ratings:

Texture:★★★★★

Pigmentation:★★★★☆

Packaging:★★★★★

Application:★★★★★

Staying Power:★★★★☆

Affordability: ★★★★☆

Overall Rating: ★★★★☆

Availability:

Both products retails for US$15.OO at 100percentpure.com. 

So has anyone tried anything from this line? Anyone a fan? I hope my review was helpful! Don't forget to leave your comments below :)

XOXO

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Guest Post: Rimmel Max Volume Flash Waterproof Mascara Review

Mascaras, in all seasons, are considered a must-have for every genre of makeup! This is probably why we are always on the look for mascaras that can give you enhanced, curly lashes without any messiness, are quick to dry and can give you the desired look.

Well, in this case, I’m no different! I saw the most tempting advertisement for the Max Volume Flash mascara by Rimmel and wanted to try it out there and then. A family wedding coming up turned out to be the next reason for me to instantly buy this hot pink tube mascara instantly. 

The brush has quite a lot of bristles that are long and totally non-plastic sort. The stick itself is long as well and yes, quite easy to hold even when you’re in a hurry. Owing to the size of the brush, it’s not very easy to apply it on the lower lashline while for the upper lashline, it works just fine. Yet, you have to be proper careful during the application since it can smudge anywhere and yes, this is slightly messy! More so, the runny formula with heavy clumping makes you even more cautious when using this Rimmel mascara. After all, who wants smudging and clumping when it makes you feel so uncomfortable about your eyes!

 The only claim that I believe the Max Volume Flash mascara stood by is that it does lengthen and voluminize your lashes.  So, if you feel you can manage using this product without any smudging, go for it! Otherwise, I’m afraid I’d rather advise you to try other mascaras in the market!

How would I rate it: 4/10 


This review post is written by Aroosa & Sana from glamarama-glamarama.blogspot.com. Don't forget to check out there blog :)

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